More than 70 Muslim workers at France's main airport have been stripped of the security clearance for allegedly posing a risk to passengers, officials say.Don't bother running the bags through X-ray machines - run the workers.
The staff at Charles de Gaulle airport, including baggage handlers, are said to have visited terrorist training camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
One man is thought to have been a friend of Richard Reid, the so-called British shoe bomber. . . . It is also believed another worker had been close to a senior figure in an Algerian terrorist group with links to al-Qaeda.
But some of the men who have lost their security clearance are suing airport authorities.
They claim they are being discriminated against because of their religion.
Thursday, November 02, 2006
France Doesn't Like Its Airport Workers Training at Terrorist Camps
Instapundit reminds us that choosing France for a vacation destination may not be a wise choice:
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